Okinawan, Okinawa, Literature, Poetry, Poems 

 

 

Contents:
A verse from "Translations of old Okinawan poems" (ca. 1922) / Serei Kunio -- My last letter (1927) / Nakamura Kare -- Entering the harbor of a southern island (1931) ; Dead body (1931) / Tsukayama Issui -- A conversation (1935) ; Shell-shocked island (1964) / Yamanokuchi Baku -- Dream revelations (1984) / Takara Ben -- Officer Ukuma (1922) / Ikemiyagi Sekiho -- Memoirs of a declining Ryukyuan woman (1932) ; In defense of 'Memoirs of a declining Ryukyuan woman' / Kushi Fusako -- Mr. Saito of heaven building (1938) / Yamanokuchi Baku -- Dark flowers (1955) / Kishaba Jun -- Turtleback tombs (1966) / Oshiro Tatsuhiro -- Bones (1973) / Shima Tsuyoshi -- The silver motorcycle (1977) / Nakahama Shin -- Love letter from L.A. (1978) / Shimokawa Hiroshi -- Love suicide at Kamaara (1984) / Yoshida Sueko -- Will o' the wisp (1985) / Yamanoha Nobuko -- Droplets (1997) / Medoruma Shun -- Fortunes by the sea (1998) / Matayoshi Eiki -- Translators -- Sources for original texts.